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TravelPod Member ReviewsAsakusa Shrine Taito
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New Year's Eve at Asakusa Shrine
jostockton 1 contribution Japan Feb 29, 2012
This was a big event for the Japanese. Tents selling all kinds of food were set up on the path to the shrine. The Japanese came out in vast numbers to visit. We joined the crowds, throwing money and praying for loved ones. We took pictures galore. The shrine was beautiful and there was a pagoda on the site. It was a lovely cold and sunny day. I want to go back there again.
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Temples and parks
On Wednesday we took the train to Asakusa. It was an unnaturally hot day - about 35 degrees and 90% humidity or something and somehow sunny.
We looked through the markets along Nakamise Shopping Street, where I bought a fan (which became practical).
The Sensoji Temple and Asakusajinja Shrine were both grand and beautiful. The …
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Tokyo, round 1
... ;headed out. Since I came out of the subway station near a very large entrance to the Sensoji Temple & Asakusa Shrine, I got a little cocky. I walked down a cool street market that was just closing up, which I later learned is ...
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Getting out in Tokyo
... the guests? You guessed, Princess Diana and Prince Charles have stayed there. Perhaps they felt right at home! We went to the Asakusa shrine and temple. The shrine and temple are next to each other, literally steps away from each other. Across from ...
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Going Japanese!
... but we couldn't complain after the harsh temperatures of Russia!! We explored the area surrounding the Senso Temple and the Asakusa Shrine before taking a walk down the Nakamise shopping area. Was full of nice souvenir type goods and there was some ...
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Plan B
... it could be. That's not to say it wasn't a lot of fun, but it was certainly hectic. Our first stop was the Asakusa shrine. The iconic huge paper lanterns were the first thing that gave me any sense of bearing in the city. The mingling ...
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Konnichiwa from Tokyo
... 670kg lantern hangs before walking through Nakamise-Dori shopping district. Amongst other things, we also visit the Sensoji temple, Asakusa Shrine and Five Storey Pagoda. The detail and decorations of the buildings is remarkable. We take a stroll ...
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Day 27: From Asakusa to Kenzo Tange's Architecture
... were far from it. And those buildings deserve a closer look ! Yoyogi National Gymnasium is an arena in Yoyogi Park, Tokyo, Japan, which is famous for its suspension roof design. It was designed by Kenzo Tange (again !) and built between 1961 ...
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Awesome Asakusa
... coin in ourselves so that we could feel like we were taking part. As we moved outside we wandered around to see the Asakusa Shrine which was also known as Sanja-sama and had again been built during the Edo Period, luckily survived the air raids of ...
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The Illusive Urban Tiger
... and its giant lantern and at the end is the Asakusa Kannon Temple. Right next to it is a five story pagoda and the Asakusa shrine. 1,300 years of history sandwiching tourist heaven. When we went down the street for food, we wandered into a little ...
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Tokyo--pt. II
... Yamanote line. This time around, we were just off of the Asakusa stop on the Yamanote line, right behind the Senso-ji, the Asakusa shrine. So, we did what anyone should do their first morning in Tokyo: we went to the Tsukiji fish market. Luckily we went ...
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Tokyo
Last stop Tokyo... met up with Regina and enjoying our time together. Visited the Asakusa Shrine and went for a lovely picnic at Tokyo's waterfront in Odaiba then had a few drinks with her friends and flatmates. Next highlight: a Sumo wrestling ...
Asakusa Shrine Map
- Asakusa Historical Museum
- Hanayashiki
- Drum Museum (Taikokan)
- Ameyoko Shopping Street
- Ace World Bag Museum
- Kitchen Town (Kappabashi)
- Asakusa
- Jyakotsuyu
- Battledore Museum
- Yanaka
- SCAI The Bathhouse
- Tokyo National Museum
- National Museum of Western Art
- National Science Museum
- Kokugikan Sumo Museum
- Kokugikan Sumo Stadium
- Edo-Tokyo Museum
- Ryogoku
- Ryuganji
- Suzumoto